Most Popular Baby Names in 1956

#1 Michael 90,691 #2 James 84,903 #3 Robert 83,912 #4 David 81,650 #5 John 80,806 #6 William 58,990 #7 Richard 52,912 #8 Mark 48,829 #9 Thomas 44,841 #10 Steven 38,410 #11 Charles 35,239 #12 Joseph 32,748 #13 Gary 31,839 #14 Donald 28,226 #15 Ronald 27,723 #16 Kenneth 27,433 #17 Paul 26,897 #18 Daniel 26,653 #19 Timothy 23,289 #20 Jeffrey 23,282 #21 Larry 22,324 #22 Kevin 21,763 #23 Stephen 21,204 #24 Gregory 21,081 #25 Edward 19,437 #26 Dennis 18,362 #27 George 17,236 #28 Randy 16,547 #29 Douglas 16,390 #30 Anthony 15,565 #31 Terry 15,066 #32 Brian 14,667 #33 Bruce 14,660 #34 Scott 13,214 #35 Jerry 12,620 #36 Keith 11,480 #37 Peter 11,335 #38 Frank 11,150 #39 Raymond 11,108 #40 Patrick 10,326 #41 Roger 10,151 #42 Lawrence 8,898 #43 Ricky 8,781 #44 Alan 8,735 #45 Wayne 8,717 #46 Danny 8,564 #47 Christopher 8,385 #48 Carl 8,314 #49 Gerald 7,991 #50 Dale 7,720 #51 Craig 7,422 #52 Russell 7,402 #53 Walter 7,020 #54 Randall 6,914 #55 Johnny 6,637 #56 Andrew 6,602 #57 Jeffery 6,571 #58 Willie 6,528 #59 Steve 6,474 #60 Arthur 6,288 #61 Glenn 6,196 #62 Roy 6,133 #63 Joe 6,126 #64 Philip 6,105 #65 Rodney 6,075 #66 Jack 6,051 #67 Ralph 6,041 #68 Billy 6,013 #69 Barry 5,987 #70 Stanley 5,985 #71 Henry 5,971 #72 Harold 5,956 #73 Martin 5,682 #74 Samuel 5,584 #75 Ronnie 5,492 #76 Phillip 5,416 #77 Bobby 5,358 #78 Jimmy 5,346 #79 Eric 5,253 #80 Curtis 5,157 #81 Albert 5,151 #82 Louis 4,911 #83 Micheal 4,732 #84 Howard 4,706 #85 Tony 4,669 #86 Eugene 4,619 #87 Allen 4,611 #88 Darrell 4,468 #89 Leonard 4,371 #90 Matthew 4,365 #91 Frederick 4,305 #92 Jay 4,119 #93 Eddie 3,994 #94 Ernest 3,953 #95 Harry 3,925 #96 Victor 3,907 #97 Mike 3,901 #98 Vincent 3,756 #99 Dean 3,712 #100 Rick 3,656

#1 Mary 61,743 #2 Debra 48,324 #3 Linda 48,085 #4 Deborah 47,837 #5 Susan 46,562 #6 Patricia 43,330 #7 Karen 40,052 #8 Cynthia 32,339 #9 Barbara 32,302 #10 Donna 29,852 #11 Nancy 28,784 #12 Pamela 26,927 #13 Sharon 26,881 #14 Sandra 24,302 #15 Diane 22,518 #16 Carol 21,407 #17 Kathleen 21,377 #18 Cheryl 21,279 #19 Brenda 19,343 #20 Kathy 17,177 #21 Janet 16,758 #22 Elizabeth 16,353 #23 Denise 14,509 #24 Teresa 14,464 #25 Margaret 13,914 #26 Janice 13,017 #27 Rebecca 12,170 #28 Catherine 12,057 #29 Robin 11,621 #30 Joyce 11,091 #31 Lisa 11,012 #32 Theresa 10,841 #33 Carolyn 10,634 #34 Laura 10,570 #35 Judy 10,197 #36 Cathy 10,132 #37 Cindy 9,979 #38 Kim 9,896 #39 Debbie 9,862 #40 Beverly 9,450 #41 Shirley 9,429 #42 Christine 9,371 #43 Connie 9,361 #44 Betty 9,218 #45 Judith 9,115 #46 Ann 8,990 #47 Paula 8,925 #48 Julie 8,573 #49 Gail 8,435 #50 Jane 8,241 #51 Bonnie 8,132 #52 Joan 8,080 #53 Gloria 7,929 #54 Sherry 7,898 #55 Sheila 7,872 #56 Diana 7,851 #57 Vicki 7,767 #58 Lynn 7,736 #59 Martha 7,709 #60 Kathryn 7,594 #61 Wanda 7,547 #62 Rhonda 7,521 #63 Peggy 7,493 #64 Rose 7,337 #65 Jean 7,174 #66 Lori 7,145 #67 Katherine 7,081 #68 Vickie 6,956 #69 Jo 6,954 #70 Marilyn 6,926 #71 Darlene 6,919 #72 Dorothy 6,858 #73 Maria 6,731 #74 Kimberly 6,730 #75 Virginia 6,392 #76 Laurie 6,206 #77 Ruth 6,075 #78 Jacqueline 6,062 #79 Rita 6,055 #80 Valerie 5,910 #81 Terri 5,744 #82 Phyllis 5,642 #83 Anita 5,505 #84 Ellen 5,432 #85 Victoria 5,388 #86 Anne 5,356 #87 Tina 5,330 #88 Michelle 5,327 #89 Elaine 5,310 #90 Helen 5,279 #91 Terry 5,272 #92 Dawn 5,127 #93 Angela 5,033 #94 Suzanne 5,024 #95 Wendy 4,861 #96 Marie 4,794 #97 Jennifer 4,710 #98 Alice 4,681 #99 Joanne 4,671 #100 Michele 4,617